Songs We THOUGHT We Knew The Lyrics To!

ivytwine · 04-09-2014 11:48PM

playedalive wrote: »

I am terrible for this:

I always thought the chorus to Smashing Pumpkin's 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' was, instead of "Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage,

I thought it was: Despite all my rage, I am still just ready to cage (thought it was a metaphor for falling to pieces emotionally )

I posted this on facebook in a comment once to a friend and she had to correct me once and for all.

Seriously?! I thought it was rat too!

EDIT Nevermind I got confused. Ivy sleep now.

05-09-2014 12:20AM

I always thought "Shorty" was "Charlie" for a lot of rap songs. Always wondered who Charlie was...

"Go Charlie, it's your birthday"

Hotblack Desiato · 05-09-2014 12:21AM

Rob Thomas wrote: »

Queen

Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme fried chicken.....

The last two words of the song ARE 'fried chicken'!

Imagine - John Lennon

'No need for greed, or hunger, or Brotherhood of Man'

It was 'a brotherhood of man', not the crappy 70s 'group' who it seemed were never off the telly in those days.

Aspiring · 05-09-2014 01:09AM

So many of these.

For years I thought the lyrics to "Do they know it's Christmas" were "Freedom, Woaahh" rather than feed the world.

More recently with "Stolen Dance" I thought it was "stolen paradise" rather than stoned in.

Also of course (which has been well documented across the internet), in Jay Z's 'Empire State of Mind' the chorus definitely sounds like she's saying "Concrete Jungle wet dream tomato"

0lordy · 05-09-2014 01:34AM

Dire straits have a song Two Young Lovers, with

Her mama used to say, 'it's getting late sweetheart
It's time that boy went home'

Thought it was

Get laid sweetheart
It's time you brought a boyfriend home

Made sense...

TheBegotten · 05-09-2014 02:05AM

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head, and I cried

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all one day

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

Makes "Every move you make" seem positively light-hearted.

Please don't take my sunshine away...

Hotblack Desiato · 05-09-2014 02:21AM

TheBegotten wrote: »

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

That will forever remind me of this (2:30 onwards if you want to cut to the chase, viewer discretion is advised) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ2PiMkAdM4

mrsdewinter · 05-09-2014 02:55AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

That will forever remind me of this (2:30 onwards if you want to cut to the chase, viewer discretion is advised) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ2PiMkAdM4

Argh, my eyes... My ears...

Welsh Megaman · 05-09-2014 06:51AM

deise08 wrote: »

Prefab sprouts song.
Hot dog, jumping frog, I want gherkins.
Used to sing that for years.
the real word is Alberquerqe.

Keeping with the food theme, I used to think he said 'I'll have a cookie' :O

playedalive · 05-09-2014 07:53AM

ivytwine wrote: »

Seriously?! I thought it was rat too!

EDIT Nevermind I got confused. Ivy sleep now.

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Not just you l, I had to read that 3 times thinking to myself "but it IS rat".

My syntax was confusing. To clarify, I always thought I heard, DEspite all my rage, I am still just ready to cage (Thinking cage was somesort of a metaphor for being in a tight corner, in a bad place)

Das Kitty · 05-09-2014 08:39AM

bnagrrl wrote: »

Madonna - Erotica

"Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body"

but she's just singing

"Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body"

http://www.rathergood.com/bill

Mine is Summer of '69.

#I had my first real sex dream
I was five at the time
Played (with) it til my fingers bled
It was the summer of 69#

06-09-2014 11:45PM

Classic 90's dance CHOON Freed From Desire by Gala:

"My lover's got no money, he's got his trampolines
My lover's got no power, he's got his trampolines....

Freed from Desire,
My incense is purified
Freed from Desire,
My incense is purified"

Apparently it's "strong beliefs" and "mind and senses" rather than "trampolines" and "my incense".

Oh well, at least I got the "na na na na na na na" bit right!

Also I genuinely thought Sandi Thom was singing "I wish I was a prawn cracker with flowers in my hair", wasn't 'til I heard the title of the song being said that I realised I had it wrong.

paulbok wrote: »

Up to reading this post I thought it was,
hot dog, jumping frog, I want cookie.

:eek: Me too!

Hotblack Desiato · 07-09-2014 12:11AM

Nah, 'Last night I dreamt of some Dago...'

New Home · 07-09-2014 01:39AM

Last night I dreamt of sombrero...

Ann22 · 07-09-2014 02:04AM

I used to think 'Forever in blue jeans' was 'for Reverend Blue Jeans' imagining a really cool priest. I said this before on a thread here but was accused of stealing it from 'King of Queen's'. I've never ever watched that show:)
I thought the line in The Police song "are spirits in the material world" was "upstairs in the material world".
My husband up until last Sunday morning thought "Raspberry beret" was "the last American girl":D:D:D
My son thought 'Feed the world woohoh" was "we know woohoh!":D

In Lonesome Dove · 07-09-2014 04:05AM

Not lyrics but everytime I see the Metalica's dvd Cunning Stunts, I read it as Stunning cùnts.

In Lonesome Dove · 07-09-2014 04:13AM

Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

There's a line somewhere in that song where I hear:
'you can tear my arse'.

In Lonesome Dove · 07-09-2014 04:18AM

Hannah Montonna/Miley Cyrus - party in the usa

There's a line in that where I hear:
I'm humping on the floor

Shadylou · 07-09-2014 04:42AM

I used to think brown eyed girl was a song about someone called roderigo
'Hey Roderigo' instead of 'hey where did we go'

COYVB · 07-09-2014 04:58AM

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

Not lyrics but everytime I see the Metalica's dvd Cunning Stunts, I read it as Stunning cùnts.

That's the point...

Daveysil15 · 07-09-2014 07:26AM

I'm surprised REM hasen't been mentioned yet. "Tony Charveycaha" I don't know what the hell he is saying there.

sebastianlieken wrote: »

brimmed full of rashers on the '45

Grilled groved rashers.

wobblinbrush · 07-09-2014 08:14AM

In the lyrics to 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' which go:

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt

My wife always heard:

Now I know I don't like vodka

Faze11 · 07-09-2014 08:23AM

Wife thought it was

Do it like a lady
Rather than
Dude looks like a lady

major deegan · 07-09-2014 08:32AM

Dolly parton/ kenny rodgers
Islands in the stream...
Irelands industry

Quazzie · 07-09-2014 08:34AM

I always though REM were singing about a guy called Tony Jamaica

playedalive · 07-09-2014 01:43PM

Six pages in and Fall Out Boy- this ain't a scene misheard lyrics hasn't been put up.

Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LucfKdukf10

Welsh Megaman · 23-09-2014 06:54AM

The chorus to 'Like Glue' by Sean Paul...

'I'm a knobbly number two'

The first reggae artist to describe themselves as rough poo?

Not2Good · 23-09-2014 07:16AM

Yes, "Reverend Blue Jeans"! I forgot about that song!

Ann22 wrote: »

I used to think 'Forever in blue jeans' was 'for Reverend Blue Jeans' imagining a really cool priest. I said this before on a thread here but was accused of stealing it from 'King of Queen's'. I've never ever watched that show:)
I thought the line in The Police song "are spirits in the material world" was "upstairs in the material world".
My husband up until last Sunday morning thought "Raspberry beret" was "the last American girl":D:D:D
My son thought 'Feed the world woohoh" was "we know woohoh!":D

Balmed Out · 23-09-2014 08:45AM

Im struggling trying to work out what song of REM that yere talking about is it the sidewinder sleeps tonight with the line call me when you try to wake her up?, but then wheres the tony?

Guill · 23-09-2014 08:52AM

Balmed Out wrote: »

Im struggling trying to work out what song of REM that yere talking about is it the sidewinder sleeps tonight with the line call me when you try to wake her up?, but then wheres the tony?

This:

This song topped a 2010 poll, which sought out the most misheard lyrics. Four out of ten people polled thought "Call me when you try to wake her up" was "Calling Jamaica."

Songs We THOUGHT We Knew The Lyrics To!

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